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title: kid at school says "tell n it gets worse". do i tell? — Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard mome… · tree and pragmatics
description: kid at school says "tell n it gets worse". do i tell? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 292 «Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments

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kid at school says "tell n it gets worse". do i tell?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid, i · **What happens:** say, tell, get · **To what, where:** n · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 292 «Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments:t12:1
# text = kid at school says "tell n it gets worse". do i tell?
1	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
7	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
13	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kid at school |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive |  | n |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent n=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | present | kid |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yes, tell a trusted adult, bullies rely on silence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, tell a trusted adult, bullies rely on silence
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	bullies	bully	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	rely	rely	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a trusted adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **rely** | present | bullies |  |  |  |  | on silence | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on silence=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tell the bully's friends instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments:t12:o2:1
# text = Tell the bully's friends instead
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	iobj	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the bully's friends |  |  | instead *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, only tell your friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments:t12:o3:1
# text = No, only tell your friends
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | your friends |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, keep quiet so it doesn't get worse for you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments:t12:o4:1
# text = No, keep quiet so it doesn't get worse for you
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **get** | present · do-support | it |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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